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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU' OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 168. B. T. fcfALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO.JUNE 30,1909: > INVENTOKY No. 19; Nos. 25192 TO 25717. ISSUED DECEMBER 29, 1909. ?, n A R-- •r ••. ".r"r:r> WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1909. BULLETINS OF THfi BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. The scientific and technical publications of the Bureau of Plant Industry, which was organized July 1, 1901, are issued in a single series of bulletins, a list of which follows^ Attention is directed to the fact that the publications in this series are not for general distribution. The Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, is authorized by law to sell them at cost, and to him all applications for these bulletins should be made, accompanied by a postal money order for the required amount, or by cash. Numbers omitted from this list can not be furnished. No. 1. The Relation of Lime and Magnesia to Plant Growth* 1901, Price, 10 cents. 2. Spermatogenesis and Fecundation of Zamia. 1901. Price, 20 cents. 3. Macaroni Wheats. 1901. Price, 20 cents. 4. Ran£e Improvement in Arizona. 1901. Price, 10 cents. 6. A List of American Varieties of Peppers. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 7. The Algerian Durum Wheats. 1902. Price, 15 cents. 8. A.Collection of Fungi Prepared for Distribution. 1902. Price, 10:cents. *j i 9.« Tt^ North American Species of Spartina. 1902. Price, 10 cents. V • 10. Records'of Seed Distribution, etc. 1902. Price, 10 cents. " ft. Johnson Grass. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 13. Range Improvement in Central Texas. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 14. The Decay of Timber and Methods of Preventing It. 1902. Price, 55 cents. 15. Forage Conditions on the Border of the Great Basin. 1902. Price, 15 cents. 17. Some Diseases of the Cowpea. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 18. Observations on the Mosaic Disease of Tobacco. 1902. Price, 15 cents. 19. Kentucky Bluegrass Seed. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 20. Manufacture of Semolina and Macaroni. 1902. Price, 15 cents. v 22. Injurious Effects of Premature Pollination. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 23. Berseeni: The Great Forage and Soiling Crop of Nile Valley. 1902. Price, 15 cents. 24. Unfermented Grape Must. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 25. Miscellaneous Papers. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 26. Spanish Almonds. 1902. Price, 15 cents. 27. Letters on Agriculture in the West Indies, Spain, etc. 1902. Price, 15 cents. 28. The Mango in Porto Rico. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 29. The Effect of Black-Rot on Turnips. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 31. Cultivated Forage Crops of the Northwestern States. 1902. Price, 10 cents. 32. A Disease of the White Ash. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 33. North American Species of Leptochloa. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 35. Recent Foreign Explorations. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 36. The " Bluing" of the Western Yellow Pine, etc, 1904. Price, 30 cents. 37. Formation of Spores in Sporangia of Rhizopus Nigricans, etc. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 38. Forage Conditions in Eastern Washington, etc. 1903. Price, 15 cents. , 39. The Propagation of the Easter Lily from Seed. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 41. The Commercial Grading of Corn. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 42. Three New Plant Introductions from Japan. 1903. Price 10 cents. 43. Japanese Bamboos. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 44. The Bitter-Rot of Apples. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 45. Physiological R61e of Mineral Nutrients in Plants. 1903. Price, 5 cents. s 46. Propagation of Tropical Fruit Trees and Other Plants. 1903. Price, 10 cents. ] 47. The Description of wheat Varieties. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 48. The Apple in Cold Storage. 1903. Price, 15 cents. 49. The Culture of the Central American Rubber Tree. 1903. Price, 25 cents. 50. Wild Rice: Its Uses and Propagation. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 51. Miscellaneous Papers. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 53* The Date Palm. 1904. Price, 20 cents. 64. Persian Gulf Dates. 1903. Price, 10 cents. 55. The Dry-Rot of Potatoes. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 56. Nomenclature of the Apple. 1905. Price, 30 cents. 57. Methods Used for Controlling Sand Dunes. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 58. The Vitality and Germination of Seeds. 1904. Price, 10 cents. J59. Pasture, Meadow, and Forage Crops in Nebraska. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 60. A Soft Rot of the Calla Lily. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 61. The Avocado in Florida. 1904. Price, 5 cents. 62. Notes on Egyptian Agriculture. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 63- Investigations of Rusts. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 64. Method of Destroying Algae, etc. 1904. Price, 5 Cents. 65. Reclamation of Cape Cod Sand Dunes. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 66. Seeds and Plants Imported. Inventory No. 10. 1905. Price, 20 cents. 67. Range Investigations in Arizona. 1904. Price, 15 cents. 68. North American Species of Agrostis. 1905. Price, 10 cents. 69. American Varieties of Lettuce. 1904. Price, 15 cents. 70. The Commercial Status of Durum Wheat. 1904. Price, 10 cents. 71. Soil Inoculation for Legumes. 1905. Price, 15 cents. 72. Miscellaneous Papers. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 73. The Development of Single-Germ Beet Seed. 1905. Price, 10 cents. 74. Prickly Pear and Other Cacti as Food for Stock. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 75. Range Management in the State of Washington. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 76. Copper as an Algieide and Disinfectant in Wrater Supplies. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 77. The Avocado, a Salad Fruit from the Tropics. 1905. Price, Scents. 79. Variability of Wheat Varieties in Resistance to Toxic Salts- 1905. Price, 5 cents. 80. Agricultural Explorations in Algeria. 1905. Price, 10 cents. 81. Evolution of Cellular Structures. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 82. Grass L<ands of the South Alaska Coast. 1905. Price, 10 cents. 83. The Vitality of Buried Seeds. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 84. The Seeds of the Bluegrasses. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 85. Principles of Mushroom Growing and Mushroom Spawn Making. 1905. Price, 10 cents. 86. Agriculture without Irrigation in the Sahara Desert. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 87. Disease Resistance of Potatoes. 1905. Price, 5 cents. 88. Weevil-Resisting Adaptations of the Cotton Plant. 1906. Price, 10 cents. [Continued on page 3 of cover.] 168 U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY—BULLETIN NO. 168. B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURIN(J THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, l<>0<>: INVENTORY No. 19; Nos. 25192 TO 25717. ISSUED DECEMBER 29, 1909. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1909. BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. Chief of Bureau, BEVERLY T. GALLOWAY. Assistant Chief of Bureau, ALBERT F. WOODS. Editor, J. E. ROCKWELL. Chief Clerk. JAMES E. JONES. FOREIGN SEED AND PLANT INTRODUCTION. SCIENTIFIC STAFF. David Fairchild, Agricultural Explorer in Charge. P. II. Dorsett, Albert Mann, George W. Oliver, Walter Van Fleet, and Peter Bisset, Experts. Frank N. Meyer, Agricultural Explorer. H. V. Harlan, II. C. Skeels, and R. A. Young Assistants. Edward Goucher and P. J. Wester, Assistant Propagators. 168 2 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF, Washington, D. C., October 1, 1909, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith and to recommend for publication as Bulletin No. 168 of the series of this Bureau the accom- panying manuscript, entitled u Seeds and Plants Imported during the Period from April 1 to June 30, 1909: Inventory No. 19; Nos. 25192 to 25717." This manuscript has been submitted by the Agricultural Explorer in Charge of Foreign Seed and Plant Introduction with a view to pub- lication. Respectfully, B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. Hon. JAMES WILSON, Secretary of Agriculture. 168 3 CO NTH NTS. Page. Introductory statement 7 Inventory 9 Index of common and scientific names 43 168 5 B. P. I.—518. SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED DURING THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 1 TO JUNE 30, 1909: INVENTORY NO. 19; NOS. 25192 TO 25717. INTRODUCTORY STATEMENT. The material listed in this nineteenth inventory of seeds and plants imported was secured almost entirely through friends and correspond- ents abroad and by the efforts of coworkers in this country. No agri- cultural explorers were in the field during the time covered, although three varieties of alfalfa and one of clover secured by Professor Hansen in central Asia are included here, having arrived too late for the last inventory, and as this inventory goes to press Mr. Frank N. Meyer is on his way to Chinese Turkestan, where he goes in search of hardy fruits, forage crops, and grains. The following are some of the more important items in this in- ventory : A collection of named German and other European varieties of alfalfa (Nos. 25193, 25194, 25257, and 25264 and following numbers) has been secured for the work in Plant Life History Investigations. Following the example of Louisiana and Hawaii, it is hoped that some valuable work can be done for the newly opened region in southern Texas with a fine collection of sugar-cane hybrids recently received at the South Texas Garden from the Harvard Botanic Station in Cuba (Nos. 25225 to 25242). A remarkable eucalypt hybrid (No. 25246) which comes true from seed, an acquisition from Algeria, should be of value to growers of these trees in California. A clover and three varieties of alfalfa, previously mentioned (No. 25276 and following numbers), were secured through Prof. N. E. Hansen on his central Asian journey, but arrived too late to be grouped with the forage crops described in the last inventory. The specialists in cereals of the Department of Agriculture and the state experiment stations making oat trials will undoubtedly find some good material in the collections from Spain, Ital}, and Koumania (No. 25317 and following numbers, No. 25351 and following numbers, and No.